Jason Leopold

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! A cache of documents I obtained via #FOIA from the first Trump administration shows how its Iran policy, including the US withdrawal from a key nuclear deal, arguably laid the groundwork for last weekend’s bombing. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

When the DOJ sold the only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's album "Once Upon a Time In Shaolin," it concealed the sale price citing “trade secrets.” Now, after a four year FOIA battle, @JasonLeopold has the answer bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

If you missed the March 28th edition of my newsletter, FOIA Files, this is what it was all about FBl Agents, FOIA Staff Pulling At Nighters Reviewing Jeffrey Epstein Files bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Cybersecurity woes are plaguing the US Treasury Department, deepening a rift between the agency responsible for protecting the integrity of the financial system and the banks it regulates. W/@jordanr1000, @hannahlevitt and @JasonLeopold Gift link 👇 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Air Force may have been caught off guard or was just unprepared when President Donald Trump said the next generation fighter jet would be called F-47, documents obtained via FOIA suggest. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

DC fed judge denied a request for a prelim. injunction requiring DOGE to preserve records under the *Federal* Records Act, finding the office's stated policy of complying with the *Presidential* Records Act (which is different) is enough to satisfy retention concerns for now…

SCOOP by @Zhirji28 w/@laurenthal & me In a newly revealed March memo, titled "Abolishing FEMA," officials proposed ways to dramatically curtail the US government’s disaster response role. Also the memo proposed four possible new names for FEMA, which inlcuded the National…